WowWee’s Cinemin Slice projector cashes in on iPad popularity (video)

WowWee showed off a projector that piggybacks on the popularity of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch gadgets. At the Consumer Electronics Show, the gadget was one of many that are part of Apple’s multibillion-dollar peripheral economy.

Even though Apple never makes a showing at CES and instead stages its own events, Apple’s partners were there in force. The show had a special iLounge section where peripherals were on display. It may seem like these Apple peripherals are a dime a dozen, but they can sell a lot of units when they’re made with the right amount of innovation.

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At the opening reception, WowWee showed the Cinemin Slice projector, which can take images, slide shows, and videos on your iOS devices (based on iPhone software) and display them on a wall, ceiling or screen. You put the iPad or other device into the dock and then start playing a video. It can project an image size of up to 60 inches diagonal and can be viewed from a range of about 10 feet.

The projector uses Texas Instruments’ pico projector technology, which uses lots of little mirrors on a Digital Light Processing chip to create images. It’s relatively bright at 16 lumens and has a touch-sensitive control interface.

In the back is a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port, a VGA port, an A/V port. It can display images with WVGA quality, or 854 x 480 pixels with a 16:9 aspect ratio. It has 6-watt speakers and a headphone jack as well as an infrared remote control. Check out the demo by Adam from WowWee. It costs $429 and is available for pre-order. It ships at the end of January.